The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-19

This cannot be said about the League. and
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pay the players fines, and they uphold the
umpires instead of trying to run them down.
ONE WAY TO LOOK AT IT.
NOV wi look apa asS I'LL SoW
than. fourth or NTH place is nonsense. Now
that made great rush In the lead early In the
season win the championship? Hardly. Lock- OOH
sh 4stSy Of the You
s1 bstesr WY VIII easily Take
race s they naturally strain every nerve to hold
their place To-day enc S Of the paysFs S %
Thing keps 1nt ~ The player sf saa qd
to drop games I'm In = lively manner. simply BE-.
cause the men win not work together II is
a DDss sas the o psf Rhsre
fns a. an re WSa. they
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League was started. In the American Asso g,
LOUIS S1 club has been So much stronger than the
sssns = IL but II T SSS ' NsyS y
i i s,nS ysu viii see them come to the top be-
THE SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
CHARLESTON. June 1S.-The future Of the
Southern League is at present an unknown
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preservation OF the League. This was, done
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clubs, and the meeting, after deciding to stick.
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Fourth Of July games, for which there was an
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aSSas 3s for ana city
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upon the condition. however, that. the gate
saoSd Be Syspy the
ssanSns new was
there are long lay OTIS for each club: , ~.
is not easy CLUBS
arc all anxious to stay out the season, for the
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s Sun on SUNDAY last That Nashville Is anxious
nc not sen so o. that IN Gs' the eort to
main ia the League some Of the clubs
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eleven men in the team. Nashville and Mem;
soon ss fall Into line. Birmingham only took The
field on the first OF june and has scarcely yet
BirminsSam team has won one. and unless
the record can be improved she will hardly be
able NE to pay expenses; s,..a y, ~. so,.h.-,
and o Memphis oas on the
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second series begins Aug. 10 and continues till
OCT u, embraces forty games. each club get;
s ssf lay ofIs The schedule would 3 pay
ing one were Il net for the long dis.
e 81 tie clubs In thu Eessae sre waiting ting
tho to the ts sron clubs
s as sos to
nat s hs hs
ohise. The admission Of Birmipgham, is now
sa Il Whsn as
succeeded by Atlanta. keeping, up the number
ss schSau aHss ae hope
now expressed here that Birmingham will
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Keep the League up until the end OF the season.
present res one will be formed next year: We shall
have next season probably mississippi River
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CATCHER MYERss JONAH.
According to the Tribune of that city, in the
Myers a p " tie fndsnapois Club iesnea Over the
plate again. and being hit by the ball got first
seeoSa dSoabIs pay Few G MINUTES ateP
Myers gSsI EYER by hs gate and began
who aterward proudly asserted he was from
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h: = %ss ss as you mean~
How sop
Cant do clever thing this year but what what
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running down to second. / spled a cross-oyed
man "a w On The J.. bleaching boards"
"Thsre is no we'll about Il couldn't score
Ss 4, 6v have HsSR Payng ths
| that resemble a compound felon. About four
times out Of Ave, when work that scheme
am Jonahed. That's what comes Of belonging
| TO an unlucky nine"
UMPIRE FIERCE SPEAKS.
Regarding the charges made by the Detroit
| Club, that Umpire Pierce favored the Chicago
says In tho Ckicago Tribune: Mex Young
| knows all about It.. Last fall urapired the
| last senes between the Detroits and Philadel-
| games they would have tied the Chicazos Be-
lore any q the games were played BIo9thers
and Dunlap came 10 me and said. There's
| $500 in Watkins's hands that you can have II
| you will give US the benefit Of the deubts' 1
told them was not doing that kind Of bqsi-
Eins Nantsd % bst $50 nj ! %ouidnt